Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Participants

WikiProject Tree of Life

Here is a list of Wikiproject Tree of Life members, together with their comments. To join the group simply add yourself to the list of participants below, being sure to maintain alphabetical order.

AAshortfin Primarily marine fish and inverts, with a side of fungi.
Soo I seem to have become an accidental contributor to this project, but I thought I'd sign myself in anyway.
andy Mostly adding taxoboxes where I spot them missing, and occasionally adding articles on Amphibians
Al-Ghazali
Allthingstoallpeople (talk) 14:45, 12 January 2010 (UTC) Hundreds of photos of rare animals and plants from 15 years of travel in the Amazon rainforest, Galapagos Islands and sub-Saharan Africa -- enquiries welcome. CC licensing available.[reply]
AlphaEta Prokaryotes and ruminants
User:Ambrosia10 - mainly New Zealand species
User:Amitsabhadiyaj eukaryotes, plant, fungi, algae, microbiology,
Anaxial
Andra Waagmeester
Animalculum PostDoc working on evolution of metabolism and symbiosis in anaerobic protists, algae, and bacteria
Antarctic-adventurer - Mainly gastropods (nudibranchia) and some marine fishes. This project needs to get going, there are millions of species to do!
AntarcticPenguin
Aranae Mostly rodents
AshLin Lepidoptera, Birds, Reptiles, Spoken articles for TOL wikiprojsects
Atsme Fish (marine & freshwater), mammals, insects, amphibians, mollusks, birds, reptiles, and so on.
Avalik Mammals, frogs, and birds will be my thing.
Ba'Gamnan I am interested in Biology and in Photography.
Belizian I just take nature pictures in the Jungles of Belize, request welcome.
Bibliomaniac15 - I like and research organisms in general. However, why isn't there a WikiProject for Reptiles or Amphibians?
Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)}: I'm a zoology/paleobiology enthusiast. I also hunt for bugs, particularly brown recluses and other spiders. Also-- if someone would like a photo or video shot of an animal native to Vanderburgh County, IN, I'd be happy to try to fill the request.
Bolosphex My main interest is Hymenoptera centering on Aculeata, Vespidae and especially Eumeninae
bondolo Anything that lives in marine aquariums
Calaka (talk) 07:54, 22 March 2010 (UTC) - Assuming all goes well I would make regular contributions based on the Global Names Index.[reply]
Oak 23:15, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Caudata Lizards and snakes mostly
Chinasaur Going to try to add some images from the largely public domain NSF Image Library.
Chris_huh
Chrisrus
CompanyGardener Interested in edible plants and cultivars.
Contrawwftw
Coyoty Disambiguations, proofreading, etc.
Cryoboy I started the Cnidarians Wikiproject, I am also interested in primates.
Cyanochic algae, evolution and ecology, phylogenetics and genomics. Expanding articles and adding sources.
User:Dabs:Dabs - evolution, phyloinformatics; interested in improving the Tree of Life topic page and making this more of a resource
Dalf | Talk - Right now mostly doing house keeping stuff and mostly that in the extinct animals space.
Dan Koehl I am now trying to implement the templates on the swedish wikipedia.
Daniel Mietchen, general interest in taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution; primarily adding sources and images.
DanielCD My main interest is in plants, fossils and extinct animals/organisms; adding taxoboxes where I find them missing, etc.
Dante Alighieri | Talk If I happen to be working on a plant/animal article with a missing taxobox, I usually try to put one in.
Darthgriz98 Zoology, biology, the environment, and ecology related articles are my usual contributions
DarthVader Trying to sort out classification, especially problems with Dinosauria and Primates.
Dawson - Primarily reptiles and amphibians, photography.
Demi - slow and desultory contributions on fish, esp. elasmobranchs like bat rays
Maxim Stoyalov
Deuterostome - Ciliates in particular, microbial eukaryotes in general.
Dinoguy2 Dinosaur-like birds, bird-like dinosaurs, and taxonomy.
Divingpetrel Taxon authorities.
Dracontes All kinds of prehistoric creatures (mainly dinosaurs).
DSWebb I'll do whatever I can on anything biological.
Eclecticology
Edisstrange adding missing species based on iNaturalist
Edward-Woodrow I've been lurking around WT:TOL enough, I guess I should actually join. Leeches, centipedes, and polychaetes.
EdWBaker Started WikiProject Phasmatodea. Mainly work with insects and gastropods
Eewilson
Eggyboom2 Pretty much anything I just like helping out :)
Elapied 10:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC) (earthworm taxonomy, mainly from South America, and also different invertebrate groups of marine life).[reply]
ElCharismo - I've always had a passion for taxonomy, and I'm very intrigued by this WikiProject. Here's to the proliferation of taxoboxes, untangling of reference roots, and healthy branching of the Tree of Life: Víva Biology!
Eliezg - mostly marine mammals, particularly pinnipeds.
EncycloPetey - bryophytes, pteridophytes, monocots, and some algae and fossil plants (but working more on Wikispecies these days).
Epipelagic - mostly marine animals.
Esoxid Macroinvertebrates, mostly marine and some freshwater.
Faendalimas - Taxonomist specialising in nomenclature, ICZN and focussed on Turtles living and fossil species.
FoCuSandLeArN Create TOL stubs
Froggydarb - Mostly Australia frogs, other Australian animals and other frogs.
Furius Just fleshing out Bovidae animals
Gaff
Gangleri I arrived here because I saw that some Tree of Life articles, categories (maybe also lists) (also from other languages) are not linked to la.Wikipedia. Having Icelandic Sheepdogs I search dog related articles in other Wikipedias and link them together for the dog breeds project.
GerardM Mainly in using information for use in other wikipedia's and for promoting the universal taxobox in stead of an only en:taxobox.
GF38storic Pathogenic bacteria's taxonomist with PhD in Microbiology and Molecular Biology since more than 20 years. Cited in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes.
Graham Created a template ({{TSN}}) for the common ITIS link, and am trying to apply it where appropriate. (See Springtail for an example.)
Hadal Currently focusing on fish but will write about anything with a heartbeat.
Haplodiploid75 Mostly obscure organisms. I love and create pages for all domains equally.
Herpetogenesis Amphibians, reptiles, and marine invertebrates
Hey Jude mostly North American birds.
Hyperik
IJReid Mostly extinct things, but I touch on a variety
Ingoolemo Currently mammals, will probably end up doing a lot of stuff on various organisms. I try to be as scientific as possible, but the problem is that taxonomy and biology aren't exactly the areas I specialise in.
Intelligentsium Most animals, generally vertebrates
Invertzoo Primarily gastropods, but also bivalves, chitons, scaphopods, a few cephalopods, and some other invertebrates, aquatic and terrestrial, a little paleontology too.
Iohappa Animal behaviour and cognition.
Iorsh Wild flora of Israel. I'm an amateur - most my contributions are stubs with taxobox and a photo.
IronChris 18:07, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
jaknouse Plants in general, especially ferns; have done some members of non-plant groups when noticeably missing
Jasonaltenburg Bugs, plants, trees, and photos.
Jeffery Gentry
Jim mainly birds
JoJan : mostly Project:Gastropods; taxoboxes; common names
Josh Grosse Mostly though not entirely protists.
Jurriaan Mostly reptiles and amphibians
Justin Random improvements, sometimes related to integration with iNaturalist.org.
Jwinius Snakes, mostly viperids, entire viperine subfamily.
kazishariar To expand on wikipedia's view of tree-diagraming of structures and articles
KEncyclopediaB Photography of animals, mostly in herpetology references. But, I will try to also put in information on such in the same category.
Kim11311
KMLP Algae
KnowledgeRequire Working on various subjects in Zoology and Botany; mostly Mammals and Reptiles
--KQ (intermittently, when something has been dumbed down enough to be legible to the unwashed masses)
Trevor Dykes (I'll try. My main interest is Mesozoic mammals and the like. I do wash, but I'm strictly an amateur.)
Kugamazog I'll be mostly under WikiProject Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera Primarily class insecta
Liopleurodon93 Im interested in palaeontology, I write articles about prehistoric animals and fishes. Major articles that I created Psarolepis.
liquidGhoul Mostly Australian frogs, but also any Australian animals/plant and any frog.
LDan
M Alan Kazlev - interest in history of life in general. Most familiar with various Paleozoic and Mesozoic amphibians and reptiles, and some invertebrate groups, e.g. Molluscs (especially nautiloids, gastropods, etc). Disclaimer: I'm a lay-writer and armchair enthusiast only.
Macgreco Mainly Brazilian birds and mammals.
Magnus Manske
MarcoTolo - Microbes of all shapes and sizes: bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc.
MargaretRDonal Mainly plants
MariahKRogers (talk) 20:47, 28 December 2023 (UTC) Mycologist, most familiar with species found in Wisconsin/Midwest/Eastern North America, fond of lichens, soon going to begin a Masters in mycology (likely) focusing on Tuber sp. indigenous to WI/MN/MI(UP) area.[reply]
Marshman Mostly angiosperms, but some invertebrates groups as well (Annelida, Arthropoda) from my previous life
MattDP General editing on natural history, with an emphasis on the taxonomy and study of dinosaurs and extinct arthropods.
Maveric149
Maverx Trying to help out in phylum chordata specifically Tunicates
MaynardClark (talk) 03:51, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
MCEllis Updating/writing taxonomy link templates, mostly focused on plants. Author of {{taxon_bar}}
Mediocre.marsupial Working on the ongoing task of bringing Wikipedia spider taxonomy in line with WSC spider taxonomy, and clean-up/consistency while I'm at it.
Melissadilara Mostly adding taxon bar, stub, etc.
Merovingian: I'm most interested in Bacteria, Archaea, Fungi, Protista, etc.
Miwa Primarily birds, but I'll Wiki-spackle just about anything where necessary.
Monk of The Highest Order I'm a bird man... na na na na na na... oh wait? Oh yeah, I just have a boxload of eastern north america bird books, so I'll be... processing the information onto wikipedia. If you know what I mean.
MPF Main interest in Pinophyta, also trees and other plants more generally
Mr. Lefty Pretty much whatever.
Mycota - Where are all the mycologists? As always, the fungi have been ignored. Sigh...
Neferkheperre Cirripedia, aka barnacles, fossil and modern. Oysters, also, as they are such great places to find barnacles. I am working on Wikipedia and Wikispecies to get Cirripedia up to a high quality level. I am after making it easier to find synonymy and type locality/type repository data easy to find. It can be a chore.
Nessie (talk) 21:07, 4 December 2009 (UTC) Just want to help where I can. I feel sad for some of these neglected species.[reply]
Neutrality (hopefully!) (endemic species)
Nighthawk4211 I'm working mainly on the Orchidaceae.
NINTENPUG Taxonomy in general.
NoahElhardt - Mainly carnivorous plants and California natives.
Nog642
Robert Nash - Mainly insect taxa and phylogenetics
Obsidian Soul (talk) 07:10, 21 January 2011 (UTC) - Anything really. Botany, Zoology, Paleontology. Always been fascinated by nature ever since I was a kid, grew up as probably the only fossil collector in my entire island, collected beetles as well and whatnot. Not a specialist or a professional in any of these fields, but have enough knowledge (and enthusiasm) to create/improve articles. I take photos as well as hunt down photos online with appropriate licenses for articles that need them.[reply]
OldakQuill General, alot of bacteria so far.
Omicronpoint General, mostly targeting some "To-Do" tasks in the list.
Onco_p53 Mostly bacteria, some algae.
Papilionidea General, currently targeting various insects, especially papilions.
Pbsouthwood Marine biota of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay, and anywhere else I have dived.
Pengo - Red List Categories ("Conservation Status") and the taxobox
nixie works on all organisms and viruses too, currently interested in increasing coverage of various plant pests
Peter1968 - helping out with Australian flora, mainly rainforest species.
PhD Dre - Chronic since 1992.
Phlebas Dinosaurs and fishes, mostly. Oh, and ostracods maybe too.
Pierre Abbat
Andy Mabbett, Pigsonthewing - author of 'species' microformat
Plantdrew Mostly interested in plants, some interest in fishes, and a little bit of everything else
Peter Maas: mainly mammals and extinct species.
Prashanthns Indian flora and fauna
Princess Janay (talk) 21:30, 17 February 2008 (UTC)I already helped out. I created a much-requested biology article on The leaf is affected with Monochaetia fungi, a genus of Amphisphaeriaceae, a family of fungi.[reply]
Pstanton I'm just a pre-med undergraduate. Taking Animal Biology this quarter and I think taxonomy is fascinating! I'll help out as I can. --Pstanton (talk) 08:25, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Quetzal1964 (talk) Updating using automatic taxoboxes and speciesboxes atm, wasps, fish, birds, molluscs, some spiders and a few miscellaneous species. I enjoy creating and expanding articles too.
Qwertzy2 Taxonomy of higher plants above all, but some small animals (crustaceans, insects or even birds) from time to time as well. No particular specialist knowledge.
Ram-Man Mostly for fish, but maybe some plants too.
Ratnahastin(t)(C) 06:20, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ravedave I plan on reviewing & helping all life articles that show up on FAC.
RetroCraft314 - helping along migration to automatic taxoboxes.
Richard Barlow - I've been working on moths for a while. Planning to do some butterfly stuff. Probably will dip into virtually anything! (Strictly layman - do NOT call me an entomologist!)
Roy Bateman Especially interested in insects, plants and fungi of W. Europe and Vietnam: specifically trying to work out what we have in Cat Tien National Park. Background: entomology and IPM.
Sabine's Sunbird - Birds, mostly, but I'll contribute to anything I know something about. Seabirds are my speciality.
User:Samara levine - I am studying sexual selection, sperm competition, and sexual conflict and plan on reviewing entries in order to include these principles.
Sambostock intend to standardise mammal pages. work on birds and everything else.
Sarefo - mostly spiders, also taxon work (genera pages etc., species lists), range maps.
SB_Johnny I'm an organic farmer and horticulturist, interested in the practical side of plant articles.
Scorpions13256 - I am mostly a Wikignome, but I may also write articles.
Seglea - I have some specialist knowledge on birds, rodents and primates (which need a lot of work), but I have ready access to the technical literature and am willing to turn an amateur hand to most taxa.
User:Seuayan ravina - Specializing mainly in tropical plants and sometimes fossils.
Sharktopus Mostly angiosperms and arthropods, but eager to work on shark-cephalopod hybrids if any appear.
Sheep81 - Dinosaurs, mostly. Perhaps a few other articles here and there.
Shinryuu - Pretty much anything there is to do, but especially micro-organisms
Shrumster - Ichthyologist by specialty, but I love animal systematics in general.
Shyamal - fauna and flora of the Indian subcontinent
SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼ – hominids, felids, caudates, ancestors of domesticates generally; albinism & other coloration genetics; founder effect in insular populations; taxonomy & nomenclature standards, and system-wide cleanup/consistency. BA in anthropology.
Spawn Man 22:48, 9 October 2005 (UTC) Happy to help the tree of life anytime!![reply]
Spida-tarbell - Happy to add/clean up references and taxoboxes; academic background is limited, but focused on population ecology. As a hobbyist, mostly interested in hymenoptera. Birder.
SpiritedMichelle: Pretty much anything to do with conservation
Stan Shebs fish, plants, insects, exotics - ideally material only in print previously, gives WP unique online content
Stanskis: Classification; Standard lists; Taxonomy in the service of Conservation and other uses. Broad background and dirty hands.
Stefan Mostly sharks and fishes. Started WikiProject Sharks
Stemonitis: chiefly Crustacea, but also anything else I come across.
Stephen Gilbert (interested in working on dinosaurs; I'm also one of the unwashed masses.)
Steven Walling: mostly plantsqs lately
Superfo Ducks, primates, marsupials, etc, I'll do whatever I can... I love life!
Svartulfr1 Mostly interested in animals, particularly mammals. However, I am interested in all living creatures and will participate where I find the time and the interest.
Swid Add/clean up taxoboxes, add scholarly references, clean up/expand articles created about newly-described species.
Tannin Mostly birds and mammals, particularly Southern Hemisphere species.
TeunSpaans Mostly plants, perhaps occasional insects. Creating interwiki links, adding a hand at expanding some stubs.
Singing Badger, the No specialist knowledge but interested in improving stuff especially the prehistoric sections
Theinsomniac4life (talk) 22:18, 13 May 2010 (UTC) Crinoids, and other marine invertebrates, extinct or extant.[reply]
TheTechnician27 Mostly decapods, especially king crabs. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 23:18, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thomas Whitebread Somewhat knowledged in plants and taxonomy. Here to improve stuff, I guess!
Tianyi Cai I joined this project to be able to edit entries with a focus on sexual selection, sperm competition and sexual conflict.
User:TigerScientist mammals mostly but also other animals.
Tigershrike – a bit of everything, but especially birds.
Tkinias I just realized I'd never added my name. I've started WikiProject Fishes.
Tnarg Frogs, mostly Australian. However reptiles and other animals as well.
Tom.Reding AWB/OCD-fueled WikiGnome—cleaning, standardizing, updating, and improving IUCN-related pages.
TR001 Invasive species
Ucucha Taxonomy of mammals, mainly rodents, insectivores marsupials and bats but no carnivores and ungulates.
User:Ushakaron Working with Pteridophytes, Lycopodiophytes, and extinct plants.
UtherSRG General cleanup. Taxobox creation, formatting, maintenance. Projects Primates and Cephalopods.
Valich Phylogeny of Miacids (Miacoidae), Carnivora, some dog articles, "origin of life" topics, other articles as well
Visionholder Mostly involved in Primates, with a long-term goal of making all lemur articles GA-class or better. May also contribute to articles on any type of living or extinct creature.
Vsion Mostly on mammals.
User:Webclouddat Anything
Werothegreat Protists, and higher level classifications.
Wikiskimmer Eukaryotes, slime molds, fungi, insects, ants, botany.
Willow Non-expert, but eager to help. Avid gardener, some knowledge of microorganisms related to farming and foods.
Wloveral Insects, spiders, mites, other inverts, but also bats and palm trees.--Wloveral (talk) 16:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Wonderego animal taxa in general; usually adding etymologies, synonyms, other small details, or creating articles for redlinks.
WormRunner (earthworms, some other invertebrates and some plants, especially herbs, medicinal plants and Oregon natives.)
YorkshireExpat
Yummifruitbat Photos (my own) and content edits to pretty much anything; very slow translation of good articles from German wikipedia
Zefr: Plants, fungi and hummingbirds.
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason - going to help with changing the taxoboxes over to the new template syntax.
Lucy Yan Plants, fungi and mammals, sometimes will translate some good articles from Chinese Wikipedia .